Melodienseligkeit: Lise de la Salle und das Amaryllis Quartett

By Michael Vieth, 17 March 2025

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“sympathisch ließen sie sich zu einem Dialog auf Ohrenhöhe ein”

Reviewed at Kurhaus Bad Tölz: Gabriel von Seidl-Konzertsaal, Bad Tölz on 16 March 2025

Beethoven, String Quartet no. 10 in E flat major, "Harp", Op.74

Mahler, Piano Quartet in A minor

Schnittke, Piano Quartet

Dvořák, Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, Op.81

Lise de la Salle, Piano

Amaryllis Quartet

Dreamy undertones without whirlwinds of passion: Lise de la Salle

Zoltán Szabó, 7th April

A most appealing Romantic programme by the French pianist at Sydney's City Recital Hall, played with accurate finesse in search of emotional highlights.

***11

Rachmaninov’s Romanticism meets Shostakovich’s fury in Dublin

Andrew Larkin, 17th January

In a thrilling concert oscillating between lush sentiment and explosive tension, pianist Lise de la Salle and conductor Diego Matheuz lead the NSO through Rachmaninov’s emotional grandeur and Shostakovich’s wartime defiance.

****1

Unusual Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky from Rakitina and de la Salle

Alexander Hall, 17th May

Russian-Ukrainian conductor Anna Rakitina doesn't quite land on her debut with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, while Lise de la Salle uncovers the lighter side of Rachmaninov.

***11

Korngold’s gem of a symphony receives rapturous Singapore premiere

Chang Tou Liang, 11th February

An unusual but inspired programme of Riisager, Gershwin and Korngold finds a very receptive audience in Singapore.

****1

A match made in Mendelssohn

Cameron Kelsall, 21st February

Herbert Blomstedt and Lise de la Salle proved an ideal pair in the rarely heard Piano Concerto no. 2 in D minor with the Philadelphia Orchestra.

*****

Lise de la Salle's superb Bach the highlight of a varied recital

David Karlin, 11th December

The French pianist's approach may be uncomplicated, but crisp articulation, interesting dynamics and a fine sense of shifting moods enliven a recital full of variety.

****1

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Michael Vieth

Michael Vieth ist Physiker und hat viele Jahre in der Zentralen Forschung der Siemens AG in Erlangen und München an magnetischen Speichern und Sensoren gearbeitet. Auch von klassischer Musik magnetisiert, singt er seit seinem Studium in Göttingen in großen Kantoreien und Chorprojekten; eine besondere Vorliebe hat sich zu Motetten der Renaissance und der Moderne entwickelt. Daneben faszinieren ihn Auftritte und Programme kleiner Vokal-Ensembles.

Melodienseligkeit und Expressionismus: Lise de la Salle und das Amaryllis Quartett in Bad Tölz